Anvil-vise.



PATENTS?) DEG. 24, 19Q'7.

ALDERSO'N. ANVIL VISB. APPLIOATIOHIILED MAR. 22, 1907.

4 4 TTOR/VE 1 5 ordinary construction and without alteration ERASTUSALDERSON, OF NOR/IE YAKIMA, WASHINGTON.

ANVIL-VKSE;

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Dec. 24, 1907.

Application filed March 22, 1.907. Serial No. 363,852.

- iolding small articles against an anvil while working on them.

The object of this invention is to provide an anvil of the usual typewith a clamping or vise jaw on its rear side and operated by the footvtohold an article firmly against the anvil on which he may be working, andthus leave both his hands free for the use of tools. The principal usehowever for which this invcntion was designed is to hold horse shoeswhile the calks are being sharpened, and to this end the inventioncomprises certain combination and arrangement of partsrto be hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure .1 is a pers ective view of theanvil vise complete. ig. 2 is a detail view in perspective of thebearing plate. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the vise jaw as seen fromits inner side.

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On one end of the usual upright wooden block 1 is an anvil 2 secured inplace thereon by the usual means 3. The anvil being of the same parts orchange from those in common use, a detailed description is deemedunnecessary. On one side of the block, by preference the right hand sideone stands in front of the anvil, is a substantially horizontallydisposed j bearing 4 comprising a bar 5 and a downwardly extending arm6, the bearing in fact being T-shaped. Bolts 7 fasten said plate to theblock which may be recessed. to permit l the plate lying flush with theblock. livoted to theplatc 4 by a bolt 8 is a swinging lever 9 carryingat its upper end a vise jaw 10, y the inner face 11 of which isroughened or rooved as shown to prevent all articles held 1 by the visejaw from slipping. Journaled on j I the downwardly projecting arm (5 ofthe bearing 4 by a bolt 12 is a foot levcr13 exrear of the anvil andtending across the base block from front to rear and havin a bifurcatedboss or head upon its rear our and a treadl'e 15 on its front end. Alink 16 is pivoted between the two parts of the boss or head 14 by a pin17 and to the vise lever 9 by a similar pin 18. A re cess 19 is made inone side of" the vise lever to admit the head 20 on the upper end of thelink 16 which head bears on a boss or lug 21 extending rearwardly fromsaid link on the opposite side and through which the pin 18 passes. v

A vertical plate 22 is fastened to the front side of the block 1 neartheground and has on its exposed edge ratchet teeth as shown, to engagea tooth 23 projecting laterally from the inside of the foot lever 13.

In the operation of the invention which is easily understood, somearticle \say a horse shoe is placed by a blacksmith between the be heador jaw 10 of the vise. Now by placing the foot on the treadle 15 thefoot lever 13 is rocked on its pivot, lifting the rear end, which,through the link 16, swings the vise lever 9, carrying the jaw 10,against the horse shoe holding it firmly in position to be operated on.The tooth 23 on the foot lever 13 engages one of the ratchet teeth 22and holds said foot lever depressed and the vise jaw tightly closeduntil the blacksmith, by a side movement on the treadle, disengages thetooth from the ratchet.

Having thus is claimed is 2- In combination, an anvil block, an anvilmounted thereon and secured thereto, a T- shaped bearing bolted to saidblock, a vise lever.pivote'd to said bearing, a foot lever also pivotedto said bearing, a connecting link oetween the rear end of the footlever and the upper end of the vise lever, and a ratchet plate attachedto said block adapted to engage saidfoot lever and hold the vise jawagainst the anvil.

in. testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoaffixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ERASTUS ALDERSON.

described the invention what

